LEO BAECK COLLEGE, LONDON
BA and MA in Jewish Studies
MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
Russian Language and Literature
Velyaminovy — five novels
The Winter of Despair (Detective Maxim Saburov), Moscow, 2021
Comrade Engineer. The Life of Ludwig Martens, Moscow, 2022
(forthcoming)
Awards
Andrey Platonov Essay Prize, Moscow, Novy Mir magazine, 2019
Beethoven Music Essay Prize, Berlin, Berlin-Berega magazine, 2021
Shortlisted
Vladimir Nabokov Short Story Prize, Berlin, Berlin-Berega magazine, 2020
Best science fiction story, Moscow, Russian Space Agency contest, 2020
Best screenplay, Moscow. Ridero, 2021
Residencies:
Finnish Literary Association, Finland, 2016
Hawthornden Fellowship, Scotland, 2018
Icelandic Institute for Language and Culture, Iceland, 2021
Fulbright Scholar, University of Missouri, USA, 2021